Ecommerce Industry News
PayPal is acquiring risk management platform Simility for $120 million in cash after investing in the company last year. It will help PayPal merchants avoid fraud. It is the latest in a string of acquisitions […]
PayPal is acquiring a company called Hyperwallet, which it calls “a leading global payout platform.” Or as the company says on its website, “Go global, pay local.” While it’s relatively easy to pay employees, service […]
A reader told us he was at the movies last night and saw a preview ad for a payment service called Zelle. “I love when EcommerceBytes does compare and contrast on anything in the ecommerce […]
BigCommerce is now allowing merchants to offer Visa Checkout on their stores. The integration allows customers who are enrolled in Visa Checkout to use pre-stored payment details and address information to complete a purchase on […]
Bank of America and PayPal entered into a strategic partnership that will soon allow Bank of America customers to pay for items with PayPal in stores and seamlessly link their Bank of America cards into […]
PayPal Senior Director of Core Consumer Products Meron Colbeci published the following post on the PayPal blog on Thursday: Sending and receiving money from friends and family has long been one of the most popular […]
Adyen, the payments company powering global commerce for Uber, Facebook and Netflix amongst others, today announced a global partnership with online marketplace Etsy. The technology partnership covers the United States, Europe and other key markets […]
Visa announced that Visa Checkout is opening its platform to partners – allowing them to integrate the easy and secure payment service into digital wallets for online payments. Google’s Android Pay will take advantage of […]
PayPal EVP and Chief Operating Officer Bill Ready published the following post on the PayPal corporate blog on October 24, 2016. Mobile commerce continues to evolve, offering opportunities for next-generation shopping experiences that are more […]
As ecommerce continues to expand, online payment security is a top concern for merchants and consumers, according to a new report from American Express. The 2016 American Express Digital Payments Security Survey (PDF format) found that 70% […]